Colts lose several players after starting with 44 dressed out

Posted by Charean Williams on October 4, 2018, 9:33 PM EDT

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The Colts listed seven players as out in their Wednesday status report. That was their inactive list. But they dressed only 44 players, with linebacker Darius Leonard and cornerback Nate Hairston active but not dressed.

Since the game started, the Colts have kept their medical staff busy.

Safety Clayton Geathers was injured after Patriots running back Sony Michel lowered his helmet into Geathers. Geathers cleared concussion protocol but is questionable to return with a neck injury.

Tight end Eric Ebron had trainers working on him on the bench, but there is no word on his injury.

Defensive tackle Margus Hunt headed to the locker room in the second quarter with a knee injury. He is questionable to return.

7 responses to “Colts lose several players after starting with 44 dressed out”

I know I’m going to get flamed for this but I kinda feel bad for the Colts. Ot on Sunday (over 90 snaps), walk throughs instead of practices to save energy and recover, then fly to Massachusetts for a Thursday night game. My team plays half the snaps at home on Sunday and plays a Thursday night game at home against a beat up, tired team. I’m surprised the Colts had enough healthy guys to field a team, they only dressed 44 guys.

If only there was a mechanism in place for a team to suit a full squad. Like the ability to have 10 players on your team practicing regularly who can be called up on an as needed basis to make sure you don’t run out of players.